Data transmitting system

ABSTRACT

A data transmitting system disclosed here belongs to a method defined as a so-called serial data transmitting method for transmitting the data by converting it to a serial binary signal, and is composed as follows: data information is converted into a serial binary signal which is transmitted from the transmitting side to a first circuit of the signal transmission line at the same time an auxiliary signal formed by synthesizing logically the above data information and bit synchronous information synchronous therewith is transmitted to a second circuit of the signal transmission line, the data signals transmitted from the first and second circuits of the above signal transmission line and the auxiliary signal are compared logically so as to extract bit synchronous information at the receiving side; timing signals for extracting a bit are formed by the bit synchronous information signal; and the bit information of the data signal transmitted by way of the first circuit is, under the control of these timing signals extracted simultaneously with the measurement of the time interval of the timing signals and number signals, timing thereby detecting any error in the bit information of the data thus transmitted.

United States Patent [191 Yamaguchi Aug. 6, 1974 DATA TRANSMITTINGSYSTEM [57] ABSTRACT [75] Inventor: Tame Yamaguchl Kawasakl Japan A datatransmitting system disclosed here belongs to a [73] Assignee: FujiElectric Company Li it d, method defined as a so-called serial datatransmitting Kawasakgshi, Kanagawa, Japan method for transmitting thedata by converting it to a serial binary signal, and is composed asfollows: data [22] Flled: 1973 information is converted into a serialbinary signal [21] APPL 350,865 which is transmitted from thetransmitting side to a first circuit of the signal transmission line atthe same time an auxiliary signal formed by synthesizing logi- Foreignpp Priority Data cally the above data information and bit synchronousApr. 14, 1972 Japan 47-37425 information synchronous therewith istransmitted to a second circuit of the signal transmission line, thedata [52] US. Cl. 178/69.5 R, 340/146.l AV, 340/ 146.1 D signalstransmitted from the first and second circuits [51] Int. Cl. H041 7/06of the above signal transmission line and the auxiliary [58] Field ofSearc 8/6 -5 340/1461 signal are compared logically so as to extract bitsyn- 340/ 146.1 D chronous information at the receiving side; timingsignals for extracting a bit are formed by the bit synchro- [56]References Cited nous information signal; and the bit information of theUNITED STATES A T data signal transmitted by way of the first circuitis,

3,305,636 2/1967 Webb 340/l46.l 0 under the comm] of these timingsignals extracted Primary ExaminerMalcolm A. Morrison AssistantExaminer-R. Stephen Dildine, Jr. Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Sughrue,Rothwell, Mion, Zinn & Macpeak multaneously with the measurement of thetime interval of the timing signals and number signals, timing therebydetecting any error in the bit information of the data thus transmitted.

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Since a so-called serial data transmitting system for transmitting thedata by converting it into a serial binary signal reduces the number ofrequired signal transmission lines, it is generally applied to thetransmission between stations separated by a long distance. As thetransmitting time and distance of the information in case of such serialtransmitting systems become longer than those in the case of a so-calledparallel data transmitting system for transmitting the data byconverting it into parallel binary signal, errors in the informationtend to be generated to that during data transmission. Therefore, inorder to enhance the reliability of the data transmission in the serialdata transmitting system, it is indispensable to detect the error in thetransmission of the information. It is well known in the serial datatransmitting system for the error in the transmission of the informationto be detected by redundantly transmitting plural data signals in serialor parallel and by collating the transmitted plural data signals at thereceiving side.

However, since the information transmitting time becomes even longer ina serial transmitting system when plural data signals are transmittedredundantly for the purpose of detecting the error in the transmissionof the information, the transmitting efficiency is decreased, and thereis required at the same time a temporary memory unit for storing theredundancy number, i.e., the number of serial transmissions of the samedata signals, at the receiving side, and accordingly the construction ofthe system is complicated and its cost becomes expensive. In atransmitting system for redundantly transmitting the same plural datasignals in parallel, a number of signal transmission lines are required,thereby increasing the expense for the signal transmission lines.Further, since the data signal and the collating data signal aretransmitted in parallel, the respective signals are sequentiallycollated adjacently to each other, but if the transmitting speed becomeshigher, the transfer of the signal phase and the jitter which occur dueto the characteristics of the signal transmission line make collationlarge so as sometimes to become impossible, thereby resulting in a lackof reliability of the detection of an error.

In addition, a timing signal for extracting the bit information from thetransmitted serial binary date signal of the data transmitted must beprovided at the receiving side in a serial data transmitting system. Forthis purpose, there has been used a method for transmitting the timingsignal by timely inserting a pilot signal'in the data signal or by wayof another separate signal transmission line. However, in the method forrouting the signal by inserting the pilot signal thereinto, the circuitfor extracting the pilot signal becomes complicated, and an accuratetiming element must be provided at the receiving side in order to formthe timing signal based on the pilot signal. Further, in the method fortransmitting a timing signal through another signal transmission line,an additional signal transmission line is required, and the timingsignal may be of synchronization due to the effect of thecharacteristics and signal jitter of the signal transmission line ,incase of high speed transmission, and accordingly this method cannot beused in high speed transmission.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention toprovide an improved data transmitting system to eliminate variousdisadvantages of the conventional transmitting systems as describedabove.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a datatransmitting system which has small redundancy of signal and is capableof detecting an error with high reliability. It is still another objectof this invention to provide a data transmitting system which is simplein construction and highly economical.

The data transmitting system of this invention comprises two signaltransmitting line circuits, wherein data information is converted into aserial binary signal and is then routed to the first transmissioncircuit line from a data transmitting section, and simultaneously anauxiliary signal, formed by synthesizing logically the data informationand bit synchronous information, is fed synchronously therewith to thesecond transmission line circuit, so that a bit synchronous informationsignal is extracted from the data signal transmitted from the firstcircuit and from the auxiliary signal transmitted from the secondcircuit at a data receiving section, so as to form a timing signal forextracting the bit information based on the bit synchronous informationsignal, and the data signals transmitted by way of the first circuit inaccordance with the timing signal are sequentially extracted, andsimultaneously the content of the bit synchronous information signal ischecked, thereby detecting any error in the transmission.

According to the optimum embodiment of the present invention, thesynthesis of the data information and bit synchronous information at thetransmitting section is executed by an exclusive or circuit, and theextraction of the bit synchronous information at the receiving sectionis executed by providing an exclusive logical sum of the data signal andthe auxiliary signal. The check of the extracted bit synchronousinformation for detecting the error at the receiving section is simplyexecuted by counting the number of generated timing signal formed basedon the bit synchronous information. In this case, a counting circuit forcounting the timing signals may be so constructed as to be reset by areceiving end signal generated from a time measuring circuit formeasuring the time interval of the generation of the timing signals whenthis interval becomes longer than a predetermined time.

According to the present invention, since the data information is routedto the first signal transmission line circuit, and since the auxiliaryinformation, formed by synthesizing the data binary information and thebit synchronous information, is fed to the second transmission linecircuit, so that the bit synchronous information is extracted from twosignals routed from thefirst and second circuits at the. receivingsection so as to form a timing signal from the extracted bit synchronousinformation with the result that the data bit information is extracted,under the control of the timing signal, from the data signal fed fromthe first circuit so that the extracted bit synchronous information ischecked thereby detecting the error of the transmission, even if a timedelay has occurred between the data signal of the first circuit and thedata signal of the second circuit because of irregular characteristicsof the signal transmission lines and signal jitter, the extracted bitinformation does not become out of synchronization, thereby assuring theaccurate detection of any error in the transmission. Since the presentinvention only feeds to the second transmission line the auxiliaryinformation obtained by synthesizing the data information and the bitsynchronous information, to the second circuit and because of thedetection of any error in the transmission and of the synchronization ofthe bit information, the redundancy of the information therefore maybecome remarkably small in both the serial and parallel systems, andaccordingly the transmitting efficiency may be enhanced.

These and other objects, features and advantages of the presentinvention will become more fully apparent from the following descriptiontaken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram of afundamental constitution of the data transmitting system according toone embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. .2 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the data transmittingsection used in the data transmitting system of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a'block diagram of one embodiment of the data receivingsection used with the data transmitting section shown in FIG. 2; and

FIG. 4 is a time chart of the signals at the respective parts of thetransmitting section shown in FIG. 2 and the receiving section shown inFIG. 3.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In a data transmittingsystem constructed according to the present invention shown in FIG. 1, adata transmitting section is designated by numeral 1, and a datareceiving section by 3, and this data transmitting section 1 and datareceiving section 3 are connected by a signal transmission line 2 havingtwo circuits CH1 and CH2.

In the data transmitting section 1, numeral 11 represents a datastorage, which stores data to be transmitted. This data storage -1 1reads out data binary infonnation stored therein one bit by one bit in aconstant period under the control of incremental pulse signals T2supplied from a control device 12 so as to form a data serial binarysignal S1. This signal S1 is converted into a proper transmitting signalby transmitter 15, and is routed to the first circuit CH1 of the signaltransmission line. On the other hand, the data signal S1 and a bitsynchronous information signal T3, generated by a bit synchronousinformation generating circuit 14 in response to the incremental pulsesignal T2 generated by the control circuit 12, are logically synthesizedby alogical synthesizing circuit 13 so as to form a serial binary signal82 containing the auxiliary information thus formed. This auxiliarysignal S2 is similarly converted into a proper transmitting signal by atransmitter 16, and is routed to the second circuit CH2 of the signaltransmission lines 2.

The signals thus routed to the signal transmission line 2 are receivedby receivers 31 and 32 provided in the receiving section 3, in whichreceivers the signals are again converted into binary signals. Thereceived data signal R1 fed out of the receiver 31 is applied to theinput of data storage 33 and to one comparison input of logic comparingcircuit 34. To the other comparison input of the logic comparing circuit34 is applied received auxiliary signal R2 fed out of the receiver 32,and the received data signal R1 and the received auxiliary signal R2 arelogically compared in the comparing circuit 34. In other words, as thereceived auxiliary signal R2 has both a data signal S] component and abit synchronous information signal T3 component, since it corresponds tothe original auxiliary signal S2 fed from the transmitting section 1,the comparing operation causes the data signal S1 component to besubtracted from the auxiliary signal R2 by the logical operation so asto extract only the bit synchronous information signal T3 component.Therefore, the bit synchronous information signal is reset and extractedas a signal R3 from the comparing circuit 34. A timing pulse generatingcircuit 35 generates a timing pulse signal R4 showing accurately thetime point for extracting the bit information based on the extracted bitsynchronous information signal R3 so as to apply it to incremental inputof the data storage 33. For this reason, the data storage successivelyreads out the bit information of the received data signal R1 insynchronization with the transmitting period of the information everytime the timing pulse signal R4 is generated. Since a predeterminedcontent is provided in the bit synchronous information signal T3, it isnormally transmitted, and if an error is not generated, the bitsynchronous information signal R3 extracted in the receiving section 3also has the predetermined content. A transmission error detectingcircuit 36 detects any transmission error by checking whether thecontent of the extracted bit synchronous information signal R3 is thesame as or different from the predetermined content by utilizing theabove fact.

A more of the data transmitting section 1 of data transmitting system ofthe present invention is shown in FIG. 2, and a more detailed circuit ofthe data receiving section 3 is shown in FIG. 3, wherein the samereference numerals have been used in FIGS. 2 and 3, as those used inFIG. 1, to represent corresponding parts, and the operation of thetransmitting and receiving sections shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 will now bedescribed with reference to FIG. 4 showing the time chart of therespective signals of the transmitting and receiving circuits.

At the beginning of the transmission, the control circuit 12 in thetransmitting circuit in FIG. 2 generates a starting signal T1 of binaryl as shown by T1 in FIG. 4 during starting duration 10. This startingsignal T1 is applied to a data reading gate 111 and to both transmittersl5 and 16. The gate 111 is opened by the starting signal Tl so that datainput DI having n bits of binary information is read out by the datastorage 11 composed of shift registers. Simultaneously, the transmitters15 and 16 send the starting signal T1 of binary 1 out to both the firstand second circuits CH1 and CH2 of the transmission line 2. Then, theincremental pulse signal T2 is routed from the control circuit 12 to theshift register in data storage 11 and to the bit synchronous informationsignal generating circuit 14 composed of a flip-flop (one bit counter)at the initial time points of the respective transmitting durations,namely, at each of the time points :1 to tn. Thus, n bits of binaryinformation stored in the shift register are read out one by one in aperiod 1' of the incremental pulse signal T2,

and are converted to a serial binary signal S1. Since the flip-flop 14inverts its state every time when one incremental pulse signal T2 isapplied thereto, it feeds out the bit synchronous information signal T3as binary l and alternatively in the respective continuous durations ofr1 to m as shown by T3 in FIG. 4. This signal T3 and the data signal S1are added to the signal synthesizing circuit 13 consisting of NOTcircuit 131, AND circuit 132 and OR circuit 134, and are logicallysynthesized therein. In this synthesizing circuit 13 are obtained alogical sum of the logical product of negative value S1 of the signal S1and the signal T3 obtained by one AND circuit 132, and of thegigicalproduct of the signal S1 and the negative value T3 of the signal T3obtained by the negative output stage of the flip-flop 14 obtained bythe other AND circuit 133. Therefore, the auxiliary signal S2synthesized by the synthesizing circuit 13 becomes the exclusive logicalsum of the signals S1 and T3 as shown by S2 in FIG. 4. Then, the abovedata signal S1 and the auxiliary signal S2 are applied by way of therespective transmitting gates 151 and 161 to the transmitters 15 and 16,and are converted to a proper transmission signal here, and then fed tothe circuits CH1 and CH2 of the signal transmission line over thedurations T1 to rn subsequent to the starting duration 10.

The receiving circuit for receiving the signal fed out of the abovetransmitting circuit is shown in FIG. 3.

The'receivers 31 and 32 in the receiving circuit receives the signalsrouted by way of the respective circuits CH1 and CH2 of the signaltransmission line. The received output signals R1 and R2 of thereceivers 31 and 32 are applied to the comparing circuit 34 forextracting the bit synchronous information signal from the receivedoutput signal R2 corresponding to the auxiliary signal S2 and to the ANDcircuit 311 for detecting the starting signal. Further, the receivedoutput signal R1 is also applied to the data storage 33 composed ofshift registers. The output signal R of the AND circuit 311 is appliedto the set input S of the set and reset type flip-flop 312, and theoutput signal R6 of the flipflop 312 is applied to the operation controlinput of the timing signal generating a circuit 35 for generating timingsignal based on the output signal R3 of the comparing circuit 34. Theoutput signal R4 of the timing signal generating circuit 35 is appliedto the transmission error detecting circuit 36 and to the incrementalinput of the shift register 33. The transmission error detecting circuit36 has a time measuring circuit 361 for measuring the duration of thetiming signal and a counting circuit 362 for counting the number ofgenerated timing signals.

If an error is not generated in the transmitting step, the receivedoutput signals R1 and R2 become binary l in the initial duration T0 inthe receiving circuit thus formed as shown by R1 and R2 in FIG. 4, andbecome the same content as the data signal S1 and the auxiliary signalS2 sent from the respective transmitting circuits in subsequent durationr1 to m. Accordingly, as the AND circuit 311 satisfies the and conditionin starting duration 70 to apply a binary 1 signal R5 to the set input Sof the flip-flop 312, the flip-flop 312 generates a binary 1 signal R6which is applied to the timing signal generating circuit 35. For thisreason, the timing signal generating circuit 35 enters the operatingstate. The signals R1 and R2 applied to the AND circuit 311 may becomethe state for satisfying the and condition of the AND circuit even inthe subsequent durations, but since the flip-flop 312 is already in theset state, it cannot affect the subsequent operation.

Since the comparing circuit 34 for comparing the received output signalsR1 and R2 consists of an exclusive or circuit composed of NOT circuits341 and 342, AND circuits 343 and 344, and OR circuit 345, the outputsignal R3 of the comparing circuit 34 is equivalent the to exclusive orof the signals R1 and R2. For this reason, the signal R3 obtained fromthe comparing circuit 34 is a binary 0 in the duration 10 as shown by R3in FIG. 4, since the signals R1 and R2 are the same as the startingsignal binary 1. And, since the signals R1 and R2 respectively take thecontent of the data signal S1 and the auxiliary signal S2, which takesthe exclusive or of signal S1 and the bit synchronous information signalT3, in the respective durations of T1 to m subsequent thereto, thefollowing logical equation i s concluded:

Therefore, the output signal R3 of the comparing circuit 34 becomesbinary 1 and 0 alternatively as the content of the respective durationsof T1 to 1n, similar to the bit synchronous information signal T3.

The bit synchronous information signal R3 thus extracted is applied tothe timing signal generating circuit 35 consisting of a logicaldifferentiating circuit. Since the timing signal generating circuit 35is already in the operating state in the duration 70, it differentiatesthe signal R3 in the respective durations of T1 to m so as to generatethe differentiating signal which becomes the timing pulse signal R4 atthe respective time points of t1 to tn+l for changing the state of thesignal R3. The shift register in data storage 33 receives the timingpulse signal R4 so as to read out the bit information of the signal R1,i.e., data signal S1, in the respective durations of 11 to m whileshifting out bits one by one. The information read out by the shiftregister is read out by the read-out signal R8 for showing that thetransmission error detecting circuit 36 operates without error, as willbecome more apparent in greater detail.

The transmission error detecting circuit 36 has a time measuring cirsuit361 for measuring the duration of the generating time of the timingpulse signals R4 and a counting circuit 362 for counting the generatednumber of the signals. Here, the respective information bits of the dataare transmitted in a predetermined transmitting period 1', and thetiming pulse signal R4 generated in every transmitting period isgenerated at the time duration equal to the transmitting period 1- whenthe transmission is normally executed without error, and the generatednumber of the signals is n 1 when n is odd, while it is n when n is evencorresponding to the bit number n of the data transmitted. Therefore, ifthe duration of the generating time and generated number of the timingpulse signals R4 from the start of receiving to the end of receiving aremeasured by the time measuring circuit 361 and the counting circuit 362and are compared with a predetermined number, the transmission error maybe detected.

When the time of about 1 to 51- is set in the time measuring circuit 361of this embodiment for the information transmitting period 1 and thetime duration of the pulse signal applied thereto becomes longer ha he,sgqtt merit sq rrr s s to ens t a recap V tt h P1118? si na R4 isasnsratss after mistin tion end signal R7 which resets the countingoperation of the counting signal 362 at the same time it operates toreset the flip-flop 321. In the counting circuit 362 is set the numberof the generated timing pulse signals unequivocally determined by thebit number of the data previously transmitted, and it so operates thatwhen the counting content coincides with the set value, it generatesread-out signal R8 so as to apply i it to read-out gate 331 of the shiftregister 33, while when it does not coincide therewith, it generates Ierror detecting signal RE so as to indicate the generation oftransmission error. l

The operation of the error detecting circuit '36 is as follows: If atransmission error has not taken place in the duration of 71 to an whenthe information is transmitted, the time intervals of the timing pulsesignal R4 become equal to the transmitting period 1- and accordinglyshorter than the set nine 1.5T in the time measurl ing circuit 361.Therefore, the measuring circuit 361 cannot generate the signal R7duringthis duration. However, since the information transmission ends atthe time point m+1 for generating the finai pulse signal point. For thisreason, the signal R7 for showing the end of the informationtransmission is generated by the time measuring circuit 361 at theintermediate time point of the duration 112 2 when the time of 1.57, setfrom the time tn+1 has lapsed so as to be applied to the countingcircuit 362 of the information transmission error detecting circuit 36and to the reset input of the flip-flop 312. Thus, the counting circuit362 stops its counting operation at the same time the flip-flop 312inverts its content to binary so as to stop the operation of the timingsignal generating circuit 35. Then, the counting circuit 312 counts thenumber of the timing pulse signals R4 generated from the start of thetransmission to the generation of the end signal R7 by the timemeasuring circuit 361. When the transmission is normally executedwithout error, the counting content of the counting circuit 362coincides with the set value so as to generate the read-out signal R8.Thus, the read-out gate 331 is opened so that all information bits readout by the shift register 33 are read out simul- 1 taneously in parallelso as to obtain the received output data DO.

However, as shown by S1 in FIG. 1, for example, if I a transmissionerror is generated within the transmitting period 1', such as thegeneration of a noise signal corresponding to a binary l as designatedby dotted line in FIG. 4 in the received output signal R1 of duration 72of the receiving circuit, even though a data signal S1 equal to a binary0 is fed out in the duration 72 from the transmitting circuit, theoutput signal R3 of the comparing circuit 34 varies as shown by a dottedline in the drawing, and accordingly two excess pulse 1 signals R4 aregenerated from the timing pulse signal generating circuit 35 during theduration 12. Since the j dyration of the generating timegftl eiirping pulse sigi bs s i ntinssirsnit @1 2 w t t s s fl that 5.

. this reason, the duration of the generating time be" comes longer thanthe set time. If this is detected by the time measuring circuit 361, thereception end signal R7 is generated even during a transmission. Thenumber of the timing pulse signals R4 generated at this time point isnaturally smaller than the set value and does not coincide with the setvalue, and accordingly the counting circuit 362 immediately generatesthe error detecting signal RE so as to indicate the generation of atransmission error.

Incidentally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the followingdata transmission can be started from the time point m+3 in FIG. 4.According to the data transmitting system of the present invention, whenn bits of data are transmitted in a transmitting period 1', there isrequired a transmitting time of (n -l 3 )7, but since it is notnecessary to timely provide any other redundancy, the transmitting timeper data may be shortened so as to enhance the transmitting efficiency.-

As is clear from the above description of the embodiments of the presentinvention, according to the data transmitting system of the presentinvention, since it receives the data signal and the auxiliary signaltransmitted from the transmitting section to the receiving section,extracts the bit synchronous information signal from these two signals,and generates a timing signal for extracting the data signal transmittedaccording to the bit synchronous information signal, it has the effectthat maintains the synchronization of the signal without providing theaccurate time element in both the transmitting and receiving sections.It does not need serial redundancy and an information memory as requiredheretofore in a conventional data transmitting system by the paralleltransmitting collating method, but has the error detecting functionequivalent thereto in accuracy. Therefore, the data transmitting systemaccording to the present invention has simple construction, high isliabli narsress b s hi reassessme We claim:

1. A data transmitting system comprising: two signal transmission linecircuits; a data transmitting section for converting data information toa serial binary signal to send the signal to said first circuit and forsending an auxiliary signal, formed by logically synthesizing the datainformation and bit synchronous information, to said second circuitsynchronously with said serial binary signal; a data receiving sectionfor extracting a bit synchronous information signal from the data signaltransmitted from said first circuit and from the auxiliary signaltransmitted from said second circuit to form a timing signal forextracting the bit information signal to subsequently read out, underthe control of the binary signal the data signal transmitted from saidfirst circuit and simultaneously to check the content of the extractedbit synchronous information signal to detect any error in transmission.

2. A data transmitting apparatus comprising: two signal transmissionline circuits; a data transmitting device including means for convertingdata information toa W serial binary signal and feeding it out to saidfirst circuit, and means for logically synthesizing the data informationand the bit synchronous information to form an auxiliary signal and tofeed it out to the second circuit; and a data receiving deviceincluding: means for logically comparing the data signal transmittedfrom said first circuit and the auxiliary signal transmitted from saidsecond circuit to extract a bit synchronous information signal; meansfor forming from the extracted bit synchronous information signal atiming signal for extracting the bit information; means for subsequentlyreading out, under the control of the timing signal, the data signaltransmitted from said first circuit; and means for checking the contentsof the extracted bit information signal, thereby detecting any error intransmission.

3. A data transmitting apparatus comprising: two signal transmissionline circuits; a data transmitting device including: means forconverting data information to a serial binary signal and feeding it outto said first circuit, and means for logically synthesizing the datainformation and the bit synchronous information by way of an exclusivelogical or circuit to form an auxiliary signal and to feed it out tosaid second circuit; and a data receiving device including: means forlogically comparing the data signal transmitted from said first circuitand the auxiliary signal transmitted from said second circuit to extracta bit synchronous information signal; means for forming from theextracted bit synchronous information signal a timing signal forextracting the bit information; means for subsequently reading out,under the control of the timing signal, the data signal transmitted fromsaid first circuit, and means for checking the content of the extractedbit information signal, thereby detecting any error in transmission.

4. A data transmitting apparatus comprising: two transmission linecircuits; a data transmitting device including means for converting datainformation to a serial binary signal and feeding it out to said firstcircuit, and means for logically synthesizing the data information andthe bit synchronous information to form an auxiliary signal and feedingit out to said second circuit of said transmission line; and a datareceiving device; including means for logically comparing the datasignal transmitted from said first circuit and the auxiliary signaltransmitted from said second circuit to extract a bit synchronousinformation signal; means for forming, from the extracted bitsynchronous information signal, a timing signal for extracting the bitinformation; means for subsequently reading out, under the control ofthe timing signal, the data signal transmitted from the first circuit;and means for counting the number of timing signals, thereby checkingthe content of the extracted bit synchronous information signal todetect any error in transmission.

5. A data transmitting apparatus comprising; two signal transmissionline circuits; a data transmitting device including means for convertingdata information to a serial binary signal and feeding it out to saidfirst circuit, and means for logically synthesizing the data informationand the bit synchronous information to form an auxiliary signal andfeeding it out to said second circuit; and a data receiving deviceincluding: means for logically comparing the data signal transmittedfrom said first circuit and the auxiliary signal transmitted from saidsecond circuit to extract a bit synchronous information signal; meansfor forming, from the extracted bit synchronous information signal,timing signals for extracting the bit information; means forsubsequently reading out, under the control of the timing signals, thedata signal transmitted from said first circuit; and means for measuringthe duration of the timing signals and providing an indication of thetermination thereof; and means for counting the number of the timingsignals until the occurrence of said indication, thereby checking thecontent of the extracted bit synchronous information signal to detectany error in transmission.

1. A data transmitting system comprising: two signal transmission linecircuits; a data transmitting section for converting data information toa serial binary signal to send the signal to said first circuit and forsending an auxiliary signal, formed by logically synthesizing the datainformation and bit synchronous information, to said second circuitsynchronously with said serial binary signal; a data receiving sectionfor extracting a bit synchronous information signal from the data signaltransmitted from said first circuit and from the auxiliary signaltransmitted from said second circuit to form a timing signal forextracting the bit information signal to subsequently read out, underthe control of the binary signal the data signal transmitted from saidfirst circuit and simultaneously to check the content of the extractedbit synchronous information signal to detect any error in transmission.2. A data transmitting apparatus comprising: two signal transmissionline circuits; a data transmitting device including means for convertingdata information to a serial binary signal and feeding it out to saidfirst circuit, and means for logically synthesizing the data informationand the bit synchronous information to form an auxiliary signal and tofeed it out to the second circuit; and a data receiving deviceincluding: means for logically comparing the data signal transmittedfrom said first circuit and the auxiliary signal transmitted from saidsecond circuit to extract a bit synchronous information signal; meansfor forming from the extracted bit synchronous information signal atiming signal for extracting the bit information; means for subsequentlyreading out, under the control of the timing signal, the data signaltransmitted from said first circuit; and means for checking the contentsof the extracted bit information signal, thereby detecting any error intransmission.
 3. A data transmitting apparatus comprising: two signaltransmission line circuits; a data transmitting device including: meansfor converting data information to a serial binary signal and feeding itout to said first circuit, and means for logically synthesizing the datainformation and the bit synchronous information by way of an exclusivelogical ''''or'''' circuit to form an auxiliary signal and to feed itout to said second circuit; and a data receiving device including: meansfor logically comparing the data signal transmitteD from said firstcircuit and the auxiliary signal transmitted from said second circuit toextract a bit synchronous information signal; means for forming from theextracted bit synchronous information signal a timing signal forextracting the bit information; means for subsequently reading out,under the control of the timing signal, the data signal transmitted fromsaid first circuit, and means for checking the content of the extractedbit information signal, thereby detecting any error in transmission. 4.A data transmitting apparatus comprising: two transmission linecircuits; a data transmitting device including means for converting datainformation to a serial binary signal and feeding it out to said firstcircuit, and means for logically synthesizing the data information andthe bit synchronous information to form an auxiliary signal and feedingit out to said second circuit of said transmission line; and a datareceiving device; including means for logically comparing the datasignal transmitted from said first circuit and the auxiliary signaltransmitted from said second circuit to extract a bit synchronousinformation signal; means for forming, from the extracted bitsynchronous information signal, a timing signal for extracting the bitinformation; means for subsequently reading out, under the control ofthe timing signal, the data signal transmitted from the first circuit;and means for counting the number of timing signals, thereby checkingthe content of the extracted bit synchronous information signal todetect any error in transmission.
 5. A data transmitting apparatuscomprising; two signal transmission line circuits; a data transmittingdevice including means for converting data information to a serialbinary signal and feeding it out to said first circuit, and means forlogically synthesizing the data information and the bit synchronousinformation to form an auxiliary signal and feeding it out to saidsecond circuit; and a data receiving device including: means forlogically comparing the data signal transmitted from said first circuitand the auxiliary signal transmitted from said second circuit to extracta bit synchronous information signal; means for forming, from theextracted bit synchronous information signal, timing signals forextracting the bit information; means for subsequently reading out,under the control of the timing signals, the data signal transmittedfrom said first circuit; and means for measuring the duration of thetiming signals and providing an indication of the termination thereof;and means for counting the number of the timing signals until theoccurrence of said indication, thereby checking the content of theextracted bit synchronous information signal to detect any error intransmission.